Sounds fine to me, apart from what the others said... Just feels too busy all the time.

I kinda liked the kick more in version 1, felt more in-mix to me. The one in v2 feels a bit heavier.

I agree with TOR on the lead though, would love to hear it one octave lower cause I think the melody rocks!

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Yeh that lead synth is an octave to high I guess. Melody is decent, just too high.
Violin strings in the break, they pop up quite often these days hehe.
I like the breakbeat there.
Mixdown could be better, a lot of synthsounds drown in the mainpart. That's why it sounds messy. It's not all about a clear kick, don't forget the rest

Overall nice work, keep it up!

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The synth in V2 is lowered an octave already. If I lower it anymore its gonna be bass

Also, right now we've got the lead, the synth-guitar thing, the pads, and then kick/percs and bass. That's all thats playing during the main theme. Is this still too busy? The only thing I could possibly remove right now would be the guitar. Then it'd just be the lead, pads, and as standard, the percs and bass, and that sounds a bit boring to me...

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yes, what a break! adore the strings, just love 'em! nice stereo panorama. the strings are too much high frequencies, lower them a little and make 'em fatter. great melodies, great drive in the track. good job!

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Originally posted by State of Matter The synth in V2 is lowered an octave already. If I lower it anymore its gonna be bass Also, right now we've got the lead, the synth-guitar thing, the pads, and then kick/percs and bass. That's all thats playing during the main theme. Is this still too busy? The only thing I could possibly remove right now would be the guitar. Then it'd just be the lead, pads, and as standard, the percs and bass, and that sounds a bit boring to me...

I know what you mean... Perhaps it's the amount of reverb/delay effects of the different sounds which overlaps too much? Considering the amount of instruments it wouldn't seem all too 'chaotic'.

Gonna listen to v2 again on that lead

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ok, well after going over this several times i think its the combination of the saw string, the arp and the lead synth before the breakdown that creates the 'chaos'. its most evident at :27 in V2. they are all very driving patterns but they're all driving in slightly different directions which i think is the problem.

imo i like it, i think its very tense and hi energy sounding, then it relaxes and sounds pretty smooth once it kicks in, but i may be a bit biased

i'll go over it for a while tonight and see if we can't polish er off.

btw, are you guys saying its pretty chaotic throughout the whole thing? or just during that first section prior to the break??

i totally understand where you're hearing it in the beginning, but it really sounds fine to me after the breakdown.....let us know

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duuuude... I love this track. Chaos? Whats that? That track sounds slightly out of control which is one thing I go for in trance above all else. Nice perfect compositions are great for ASOT, but give me a rack of synths just holding key and I'll be happy.

But I digress... really nice track. The breakdown is to die for. I'm too in love with this tune to offer any substantial comments... hehe

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Liking the strings here. Neat effects going along with this break down. Cool airy crash sound. Good pick up on that main synth. Yay kick roll!!!

I agree that the bass needs some work, basslines are so hard .

This is solid stuff. Good break beat break down, interesting perc effects, reminds me of Hybrid drums. I <3 break beat break downs. The melody leaves something to be desired but it's still good, maybe it's just different than most of what i've heard.

Over all. I really like it. Keep up the good work.

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Firstly, gourgeous break. SHIT! Strings are absolutely stunning. I'm not much for the synth you chose though; sounds really crap at such a high key imo. Percussion is gorgeous as always. Loving the bg bongos as well. Ah, the synth in the background needs to have some or more osc; it's a matter of taste but I think it sounds too 'synthy' for a tune that is trying to be sweet and melodic. Perhaps a more driving sub-melody would really work with this.

Anyways, cant fault it that much because the quality is something which im eventually hoping to amase. Nice production guys.

More in future please.

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- very nice track melodically, but i think everything would sound better if it were an octave lower
- great energy and break
- perhaps make some of the synths fuller and more analog sounding

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i dont know why everyone is moaning about chaos, its just a decent trance tune, nothing new, and i like it.

Strings need some fattening up, more mids and lows and that guitar thing sounds to computerish. Breakbeat is awesome.

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